WASHINGTON -- Four men from Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia were sentenced for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, where they participated in the first breach of the restricted grounds. Their actions disrupted a joint session of Congress as it convened to certify the 2020 presidential election results.

Stephen Chase Randolph, 34, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; James Tate Grant, 31, of Cary, N.C.; Jason Benjamin Blythe, 28, of Fort Worth, Texas; and Paul Russell Johnson, 38, of Lanexa, Va., were sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb.

Randolph received eight years in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. Grant was sentenced to 36 months in prison with 36 months of supervised release. Blythe was sentenced to 30 months in prison with similar supervised release terms. Johnson was sentenced to five years of probation, including intermittent weekend confinement for one year and two years of home detention, along with a $25,000 fine.